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Originally Posted by dillywho
Why does everyone want to jump on the "senior" bracket bandwagon every time someone experiences a medical incident while driving? People of all ages have medical-related accidents all the time. Many do not even realize that they have any issues until then. Look at all the kids who die at school in the athletic programs due to unknown medical conditions. Just because their deaths are on the field or court doesn't mean that the same thing couldn't happen when they get behind the wheel. Maybe it does and we just don't hear about it. All we hear is that some kid had an accident and was probably texting, or speeding, or whatever.
Yes, some seniors have no business driving. Yes, some young drivers have no business driving. Yes, some in-between drivers have no business driving. As long as there are cars, accidents will happen, so let's not even go there. Accidents are a part of life; some accidents take lives. Not all accidents have to do with transportation, but some are still deadly. All the regulations/precautions in the world cannot prevent all manner of accident. All we can do is our best.
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I agree. This was an accident. As I recall a few days earlier a young woman jumped the curb and knocked down a sign post on 466, blocking traffic for some time. She had turned to check on her baby in the back seat. Fortunately no one was hurt but it could have easily turned out different. As another poster said it was just a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time..